Motherboard News & Reviews

Welcome to the Motherboard News & Reviews Database. This is a collection, primarily of reviews, dedicated to motherboards from across the globe. Looking for something specific? Use the search utility, tags, or just explore through using the drop-down menu. From there, you can select your preferred motherboard manufacturer to find a listing of motherboards by chipset that have reviews available. If it’s been reviewed recently, you’ll find it. All reviews that are not natively in English will have translated links provided where possible.

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MSI MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI – itndaily

February 1, 2022 by Stephen

MSI MAG X570S Tomahawk Max WIFI is a top-end product, and by definition it cannot be cheap. Even despite the fact that the passive CO used here noticeably heats up, and there is nothing supernatural and original on the board (in relation to interfaces, functionality, etc.).
Not in favor of MSI MAG X570S Tomahawk Max WIFI and the fact that more and more budget motherboards are compatible with Ryzen 5000 processors, which means there are not so many reasons to choose a profile product in 2022.

GIGABYTE B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4 – GreenTech_Reviews

February 1, 2022 by Stephen

The motherboard is based on a 6-layer black PCB in standard ATX format. The design mainly uses black and gray elements, but there are also colored electronic elements. Formally, the board has no predecessor – the Intel B660 chipset and 12th generation processors offer completely different functionality, so just taking and slightly changing any existing product just won’t work. Moreover, Aorus has an almost identical board in its arsenal, but with support for DDR5 memory – B660 Aorus Master.

MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 – Overclockers Russia

May 21, 2022February 1, 2022 by Stephen

The printed circuit board is black, the surface is matte. The manufacturer reports six layers of plating and two ounces of copper per layer. The board is rigid, does not bend and is still quite heavy. It is clear that it has several heatsinks, but it is not light in itself because thick layers of copper are used in the production of printed circuit boards.

MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI – Geeknetic

May 22, 2022January 31, 2022 by Stephen

The renewed connectivity is found in important elements, especially in communication with the processor, introducing additional performance buses such as DMI 4.0 that uses an 8x PCI Express 4.0 interface, doubling the bandwidth available to the Z590 and also doubling the bandwidth of its direct competition, the AMD X570. They are a total of 128GT/s of bandwidth, double that of the previous generation, which was already double the previous one.

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO – TechPorn

May 21, 2022January 31, 2022 by Stephen

Up for another motherboard review is the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero. This is one of the higher-end Intel Z690 chipset based motherboards from ASUS ROG, bearing legendary Maximus moniker – reserved for the best of the best.
The Maximus Z690 Hero is no slouch as its model name implies. This is a full size ATX motherboard equipped with a robust power solution, excellent thermal design, high performance networking and powerful connectivity options to name a few.

MSI MEG Z690 ACE – NewEsc

May 22, 2022January 29, 2022 by Stephen

Something unusual is the inclusion of a backplate, plus MSI takes advantage of being aluminum to incorporate thermalpads and thus cool the VRM. Although it is true that I expected more lighting effects, this has come to nothing for this model, very serious in appearance. To compensate, we have different ports between ARGB, RGB and Corsair, thus being able to add lighting components and further customize our equipment.

MSI MPG X570S CARBON EK X – Tom’s Hardware

January 27, 2022 by Stephen

The X570S-based board also updates the design aesthetic on the board’s bottom half, eliminating the chipset fan and going with full-coverage heatsinks/shrouds over the M.2 sockets. The ribbed lines run diagonal and are a much more premium look than the original X570 Gaming Pro Carbon. The X570S Carbon EK X sells for $549.99, which is on the high side for an X570-based motherboard. That said, it’s still one of the easiest and least-expensive ways to get into watercooling your PC.

ASUS ProArt Z690-CREATOR WIFI – GinjFo

January 27, 2022 by Stephen

The card is equipped with three PCIe x16 slots. The first two reinforced to accommodate a large graphics card are PCIe 5.0 standard while the last is PCIe 3.0. The wiring of the set is x16, x8/x8 and x4 type. On the audio side, we are entitled to a Realtek S1220A codec. Asus specifies a power pre-regulator, switching noise reduction and Audio protection.

GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS PRO – Hardware Ayslum

January 27, 2022 by Stephen

In this review we will be looking at the Z690 Pro from Aorus Gaming (Gigabyte). This a new motherboard design for the LGA 1700 and Alder Lake processors supporting DDR5 and PCI Express 5.0. When you look at the complete lineup of Z690 motherboards the Pro is about mid-level on the list and share many of the same features found in both higher and lower tier motherboards.

MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI – Modding

January 27, 2022 by Stephen

This new generation of motherboard based on the Intel Z690 chipset also leads to the appearance of PCIe Gen 5.0 as well as DDR5. On this last point and for various reasons (availability, price, etc.), the various brands do not hesitate to include motherboards that support DDR4 in their catalog. This is the case with our MAG Z690 Tomahawk Wifi which is also available under the name MAG Z690 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4 .